kurva

See also: kùrva

Albanian

Noun

kurva

  1. inflection of kurvë:
    1. definite nominative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kurva, from Proto-Slavic *kury.

Parallel with Macedonian курва (kurva) (whence курваница (kurvanica), a natively formed term for “brothel” (and many other terms), see nevěstinec).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkurva]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kur‧va

Noun

kurva f

  1. (vulgar) whore (prostitute)
    Synonyms: děvka, šlapka, běhna, prostitutka, nevěstka

Declension

Declension of kurva (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative kurva kurvy
genitive kurvy kurev
dative kurvě kurvám
accusative kurvu kurvy
vocative kurvo kurvy
locative kurvě kurvách
instrumental kurvou kurvami

Derived terms

See also

Adverb

kurva

  1. (vulgar) fucking (very)
    Můj spolubydlící vždycky udělá nepořádek v kuchyni a je to kurva otravné. ― My roomate would always make a mess in the kitchen and it's fucking irritating.

Interjection

kurva

  1. (vulgar) fuck!; shit! (Expression of anger, dismay, or discontent)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sakra
    Kurva! Zapomněl jsem zaplatit dnešní nájem! ― Fuck! I forgot to pay today's rent!
    Ó, kurva! Koupelna je zaplavená! ― Oh, shit! The bathroom is flooding!
    Co je kurva s tou mikrovlnkou? ― What the fuck is wrong with the microwave?
    Jiří, můžeš si kurva pospíšit? Máme schůzku u doktora! ― George, will you hurry the fuck up? We have a doctor’s appointment!

Further reading

Estonian

Adjective

kurva

  1. genitive singular of kurb

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkurʋɑ/, [ˈkurʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -urʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): kur‧va
  • Hyphenation(key): kur‧va

Etymology 1

    See the entry for the lemma form.

    Noun

    kurva (colloquial)

    1. alternative form of kurvi
    Declension
    Inflection of kurva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
    nominative kurva kurvat
    genitive kurvan kurvien
    partitive kurvaa kurvia
    illative kurvaan kurviin
    singular plural
    nominative kurva kurvat
    accusative nom. kurva kurvat
    gen. kurvan
    genitive kurvan kurvien
    kurvain rare
    partitive kurvaa kurvia
    inessive kurvassa kurvissa
    elative kurvasta kurvista
    illative kurvaan kurviin
    adessive kurvalla kurvilla
    ablative kurvalta kurvilta
    allative kurvalle kurville
    essive kurvana kurvina
    translative kurvaksi kurviksi
    abessive kurvatta kurvitta
    instructive — kurvin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of kurva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative kurvani kurvani
    accusative nom. kurvani kurvani
    gen. kurvani
    genitive kurvani kurvieni
    kurvaini rare
    partitive kurvaani kurviani
    inessive kurvassani kurvissani
    elative kurvastani kurvistani
    illative kurvaani kurviini
    adessive kurvallani kurvillani
    ablative kurvaltani kurviltani
    allative kurvalleni kurvilleni
    essive kurvanani kurvinani
    translative kurvakseni kurvikseni
    abessive kurvattani kurvittani
    instructive — —
    comitative — kurvineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative kurvasi kurvasi
    accusative nom. kurvasi kurvasi
    gen. kurvasi
    genitive kurvasi kurviesi
    kurvaisi rare
    partitive kurvaasi kurviasi
    inessive kurvassasi kurvissasi
    elative kurvastasi kurvistasi
    illative kurvaasi kurviisi
    adessive kurvallasi kurvillasi
    ablative kurvaltasi kurviltasi
    allative kurvallesi kurvillesi
    essive kurvanasi kurvinasi
    translative kurvaksesi kurviksesi
    abessive kurvattasi kurvittasi
    instructive — —
    comitative — kurvinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative kurvamme kurvamme
    accusative nom. kurvamme kurvamme
    gen. kurvamme
    genitive kurvamme kurviemme
    kurvaimme rare
    partitive kurvaamme kurviamme
    inessive kurvassamme kurvissamme
    elative kurvastamme kurvistamme
    illative kurvaamme kurviimme
    adessive kurvallamme kurvillamme
    ablative kurvaltamme kurviltamme
    allative kurvallemme kurvillemme
    essive kurvanamme kurvinamme
    translative kurvaksemme kurviksemme
    abessive kurvattamme kurvittamme
    instructive — —
    comitative — kurvinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative kurvanne kurvanne
    accusative nom. kurvanne kurvanne
    gen. kurvanne
    genitive kurvanne kurvienne
    kurvainne rare
    partitive kurvaanne kurvianne
    inessive kurvassanne kurvissanne
    elative kurvastanne kurvistanne
    illative kurvaanne kurviinne
    adessive kurvallanne kurvillanne
    ablative kurvaltanne kurviltanne
    allative kurvallenne kurvillenne
    essive kurvananne kurvinanne
    translative kurvaksenne kurviksenne
    abessive kurvattanne kurvittanne
    instructive — —
    comitative — kurvinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative kurvansa kurvansa
    accusative nom. kurvansa kurvansa
    gen. kurvansa
    genitive kurvansa kurviensa
    kurvainsa rare
    partitive kurvaansa kurviaan
    kurviansa
    inessive kurvassaan
    kurvassansa     		kurvissaan
    kurvissansa
    elative kurvastaan
    kurvastansa     		kurvistaan
    kurvistansa
    illative kurvaansa kurviinsa
    adessive kurvallaan
    kurvallansa     		kurvillaan
    kurvillansa
    ablative kurvaltaan
    kurvaltansa     		kurviltaan
    kurviltansa
    allative kurvalleen
    kurvallensa     		kurvilleen
    kurvillensa
    essive kurvanaan
    kurvanansa     		kurvinaan
    kurvinansa
    translative kurvakseen
    kurvaksensa     		kurvikseen
    kurviksensa
    abessive kurvattaan
    kurvattansa     		kurvittaan
    kurvittansa
    instructive — —
    comitative — kurvineen
    kurvinensa
    Derived terms
    compounds

    Further reading

    Etymology 2

    From Russian курва (kurva) or an earlier form of it.

    Noun

    kurva (dialectal, derogatory)

    1. slut, whore (irreputable or promiscuous woman)
    Synonyms

    Etymology 3

    Variant of the synonymous dialectal kurvi, possibly also related to kuore.

    Noun

    kurva (dialectal, South Karelia)

    1. smelt, sparling (Osmerus eperlanus)
    Synonyms

    References

    • “kurva”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

    Hungarian

    Etymology

    From a Slavic language; compare Proto-Slavic *kury.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈkurvɒ]
    • Hyphenation: kur‧va
    • Rhymes: -vɒ

    Noun

    kurva (plural kurvák)

    1. (vulgar) a hooker, whore, prostitute, bitch

    Declension

    Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative kurva kurvák
    accusative kurvát kurvákat
    dative kurvának kurváknak
    instrumental kurvával kurvákkal
    causal-final kurváért kurvákért
    translative kurvává kurvákká
    terminative kurváig kurvákig
    essive-formal kurvaként kurvákként
    essive-modal — —
    inessive kurvában kurvákban
    superessive kurván kurvákon
    adessive kurvánál kurváknál
    illative kurvába kurvákba
    sublative kurvára kurvákra
    allative kurvához kurvákhoz
    elative kurvából kurvákból
    delative kurváról kurvákról
    ablative kurvától kurváktól
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		kurváé kurváké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		kurváéi kurvákéi
    Possessive forms of kurva
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. kurvám kurváim
    2nd person sing. kurvád kurváid
    3rd person sing. kurvája kurvái
    1st person plural kurvánk kurváink
    2nd person plural kurvátok kurváitok
    3rd person plural kurvájuk kurváik

    Synonyms

    in the sense “prostitute”

    Derived terms

    • kurválkodik
    • kurvás
    • (kurvul →) elkurvul
    Expressions
    • aki kurvának megy, áll, ne sírjon, ha basszák
    • sír, mint a fürdős kurva

    Adjective

    kurva

    1. (vulgar, slang) used as an intensifier: goddamn, fucking, damn
      Mikor javítják már meg ezt a kurva utat? ― When will they repair this damn road?

    Derived terms

    • kurvaanyázik
    • kurvára

    Adverb

    kurva

    1. (vulgar, slang) very, terribly, as fuck (to a great extent)
      Most már tényleg kurva mérges vagyok. ― Now I’m really mad [angry] as f*ck.

    Usage notes

    This word is not used in Hungarian as an interjection on its own like its cognates in West Slavic languages (Czech kurva, Slovak kurva, Polish kurwa).

    Further reading

    • kurva in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

    Ido

    Adjective

    kurva

    1. curved, bent

    Indonesian

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin curva, curvus. Doublet of kereb.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    kurva (plural kurva-kurva)

    1. curve
      Synonym: lengkungan

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    • kurva adiabatik-semu
    • kurva aljabar
    • kurva beban-deformasi
    • kurva belajar
    • kurva bola
    • kurva bonjean
    • kurva cahaya
    • kurva dosis-respons
    • kurva eksponensial
    • kurva epidemi
    • kurva epidemiologi
    • kurva imbal
    • kurva imbal hasil
    • kurva indiferen
    • kurva indiferensi
    • kurva kalibrasi
    • kurva kejenuhan
    • kurva kemungkinan produksi
    • kurva kenyamanan
    • kurva laktasi
    • kurva landai
    • kurva lengkung
    • kurva lonceng
    • kurva lurus
    • kurva normal
    • kurva pembelajaran
    • kurva penawaran
    • kurva penawaran agregat
    • kurva pendinginan
    • kurva permintaan
    • kurva permintaan agregat
    • kurva pertumbuhan
    • kurva S
    • kurva sekat
    • kurva sigmoid
    • kurva signoid
    • kurva tahanan
    • kurva taksederhana
    • kurva taktertutup
    • kurva tekan-tarik
    • kurva tertutup
    • kurva titrasi
    • kurva toleransi gula
    • kurva torsi

    Further reading

    Ingrian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Russian курва (kurva).

    Pronunciation

    • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkurʋɑ/, [ˈkurʋ]
    • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkurʋɑ/, [ˈkurʋɑ]
    • Rhymes: -urʋ, -urʋɑ
    • Hyphenation: kur‧va

    Noun

    kurva

    1. (vulgar) whore, slut

    Declension

    Declension of kurva (type 3/koira, no gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative kurva kurvat
    genitive kurvan kurviin
    partitive kurvaa kurvia
    illative kurvaa kurvii
    inessive kurvaas kurviis
    elative kurvast kurvist
    allative kurvalle kurville
    adessive kurvaal kurviil
    ablative kurvalt kurvilt
    translative kurvaks kurviks
    essive kurvanna, kurvaan kurvinna, kurviin
    exessive1) kurvant kurvint
    1) obsolete
    *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
    **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

    Synonyms

    References

    • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 222

    Karelian

    Regional variants of kurva
    North Karelian
    (Viena)     		kurva
    South Karelian
    (Tver)     		kurva

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Russian курва (kurva), compare Ingrian kurva, Livvi kurvu and Veps kurv.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkurʋɑ/
    • Hyphenation: kur‧va

    Noun

    kurva (genitive kurvan, partitive kurvua)

    1. (vulgar) whore, slut

    Declension

    Viena Karelian declension of kurva (type 5/koira, no gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative kurva kurvat
    genitive kurvan kurvien
    partitive kurvua kurvie
    illative kurvah kurvih
    inessive kurvašša kurvissa
    elative kurvašta kurvista
    adessive kurvalla kurvilla
    ablative kurvalta kurvilta
    translative kurvakši kurviksi
    essive kurvana kurvina
    comitative — kurvineh
    abessive kurvatta kurvitta
    prolative — —
    instructive — kurvin
    Tver Karelian declension of kurva (type 5/koira no gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative kurva kurvat
    genitive kurvan kurvin
    partitive kurvua kurvie
    illative kurvah kurvih
    inessive kurvašša kurvissa
    elative kurvašta kurvista
    adessive kurvalla kurvilla
    ablative kurvalda kurvilda
    translative kurvakši kurviksi
    essive kurvana kurvina
    comitative kurvanke kurvinke
    abessive kurvatta kurvitta
    prolative kurvačči kurvičči
    instructive — kurvin
    Possessive forms of kurva
    1st person kurvani
    2nd person kurvaš
    3rd person kurvah
    *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

    References

    • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “kurva”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
    • Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “kurva”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[3], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

    Latvian

    Etymology

    Compare Lithuanian kurva.

    Pronunciation

    Interjection

    kurva

    1. (vulgar) fuck
      Cilvēks, kurva.
      Man, fuck.

    Lithuanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed either from Polish kurwa or Belarusian ку́рва (kúrva).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈkʊr̺.vɐ]

    Noun

    kùrva f

    1. (vulgar) prostitute, whore
      Synonyms: paleistuvė, kekšė
    2. (vulgar) bitch

    Interjection

    kùrva

    1. (vulgar) fuck!
    2. (vulgar) intensifier
      Eik tu kurva!
      Get the fuck out!
    3. (vulgar) filler
      Atsiprašau, aš esu viceprezidentas, tu kurva debilas.
      Excuse me, I'm the vice president, you fucking asshole.

    Maltese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian curva.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kur.va/
    • Rhymes: -urva

    Noun

    kurva m (plural kurvi)

    1. curve

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Noun

    kurva f sg

    1. definite singular of kurve

    Old Czech

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkurʋa/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkurva/

    Noun

    kurva f

    1. whore, slut
      Synonyms: nevěstka, ženima, vilnicě
    2. bitch
      (z) kurvy syn ― son of a bitch

    Declension

    Declension of kurva (hard a-stem reducible)
    singular dual plural
    nominative kurva kurvě kurvy
    genitive kurvy kurvú kurev
    dative kurvě kurvama kurvám
    accusative kurvu kurvě kurvy
    vocative kurvo kurvě kurvy
    locative kurvě kurvú kurvách
    instrumental kurvú kurvama kurvami
    This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

    Descendants

    • Czech: kurva

    Further reading

    Serbo-Croatian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kûːrʋa/

    Noun

    kȗrva f (Cyrillic spelling ку̑рва, relational adjective kùrvīnskī, augmentative kurvètina)

    1. (vulgar) whore, prostitute
    2. (vulgar, offensive) (regardless of gender) a worthless, despicable, unlikable person
    3. (vulgar, offensive) bitch, a despicable, disagreeable, objectionable woman

    Declension

    Declension of kurva
    singular plural
    nominative kȗrva kurve
    genitive kurve kȗrāva / kȗrvī
    dative kurvi kurvama
    accusative kurvu kurve
    vocative kurvo kurve
    locative kurvi kurvama
    instrumental kurvom kurvama

    Descendants

    References

    • “kurva”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

    Slovak

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkurva/

    Noun

    kurva f

    1. (vulgar) prostitute, whore, hooker, slut
      Synonyms: cundra, prostitútka, šľapka, štetka, pobehlica, pľundra, švandra, trcľa, filcka
    2. (vulgar) fake friend, conman, liar, knave
      Synonyms: ojebávač, hajzeľ, podliak, falošník

    Declension

    Declension of kurva
    (pattern žena)
    singularplural
    nominativekurvakurvy
    genitivekurvykuriev
    dativekurvekurvám
    accusativekurvukurvy
    locativekurvekurvách
    instrumentalkurvoukurvami

    Derived terms

    Interjection

    kurva

    1. (vulgar) fuck, shit
      Synonyms: do piče, doriti, tristo hrmených

    Further reading

    • “kurva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

    Slovene

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kúːrʋa/

    Noun

    kȗrva f

    1. (vulgar) dialectal form of kúrba

    Declension

    The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Feminine, a-stem
    nom. sing. kúrva
    gen. sing. kúrve
    singular dual plural
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)     		kúrva kúrvi kúrve
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)     		kúrve kúrv kúrv
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)     		kúrvi kúrvama kúrvam
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)     		kúrvo kúrvi kúrve
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)     		kúrvi kúrvah kúrvah
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)     		kúrvo kúrvama kúrvami

    Swedish

    Alternative forms

    • (pronunciation spelling) kôrva

    Etymology

    From Latin curvus. Compare English curve and Danish kurve.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    kurva c

    1. curve, arc
    2. a bend of a road

    Declension

    Declension of kurva
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite kurva kurvas
    definite kurvan kurvans
    plural indefinite kurvor kurvors
    definite kurvorna kurvornas

    Derived terms

    • befolkningskurva
    • feberkurva
    • formkurva
    • hårnålskurva
    • högerkurva
    • höjdkurva
    • inlärningskurva
    • innerkurva
    • J-kurva
    • konjunkturkurva
    • kurvig
    • kurvlinje
    • kurvljus
    • kurvradie
    • kurvritare
    • kurvtagning
    • kurvteknik
    • nedgångskurva
    • nivåkurva
    • normalkurva
    • S-kurva
    • serpentinkurva
    • sinuskurva
    • slutkurva
    • solkurva
    • temperaturkurva
    • tillväxtkurva
    • utvecklingskurva
    • viktkurva
    • vägkurva
    • vänsterkurva
    • ytterkurva

    See also

    Further reading

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